The time sequence entered the sixth year of Zhenguan.

A year ago, after the spring search of Kunming Chi, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty made the Siyi monarchs breathe and praise.

At that time, Li Xiaogong had been transferred from the secretary of the Ministry of Rites to the envoy of the court, and Chen Shuda took over the Ministry of Rites.

The two of them once went to the table one after another to ask for Feng Zen, but Li Shimin did not answer.

A year later, at this time, more civil and military officials jointly signed a petition to ask for the Zen seal.

Li Shimin said: "In the past, Qin Shi Huang sealed Zen, but Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty did not seal Zen, will later generations think that Emperor Wen is not as virtuous as the first emperor?" ”

The ministers' exhortations did not stop because of this, and they were still on the list.

The emperor almost agreed, but Wei Zheng thought it was impossible.

Li Shimin asked: "Don't you want to be a Zen canon, and you don't want to be evil with merit?" ”

Wei Zheng replied: "Gao. ”

"Virtue is not evil?"

"Thick."

"China has not been safe?"

"Ann."

"Siyi has not accepted the evil?"

"Serve."

"The year is not full of evil?"

"Abundance."

"Fu Rui is not evil?"

"Essentially."

"But what is not to be sealed?"

Wei Zheng Kankan said a reason: "Although Your Majesty already has these six, but after the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, my household registration has not been restored, and the warehouse is still empty. And the car drove to the east, thousands of rides, during which the labor expenses were provided, and nothing was easy. Moreover, His Majesty will seal the Zen, and all the countries will be gathered, and the rulers of Yuanyi will come, and they should all be equipped with subordinates. And in our country, now from the east of Yi and Luo, as for the sea and Dai, the fireworks are still Xi and are extremely reckless. If Rong Di is lured, it is tantamount to showing weakness. What's more, it is difficult to meet the hopes of distant people; And it has been given for many years, and it cannot compensate the people for their labor. Therefore, the act of sealing Zen is to worship the name and suffer real harm, what is Your Majesty to use! ”

At that time, there was a flood in the Yellow River, which affected several states, so Li Shimin dismissed the idea of sealing Zen.

However, if the emperor had already made up his mind, the ministers would not be able to seriously make him change his mind.

For example, Jiucheng Palace, when it was repaired, Yao Silian did not agree; At this time, it was completed, and it was about to be lucky, and Yao Silian once again admonished him.

Just like at the beginning, Li Shimin still decided to go to Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer on the grounds that "I have a qi disease, and it becomes more and more intense when the weather is hot".

Ma Zhou, the virtuous minister in the later period of Zhenguan, was already appointed to supervise the imperial history at this time, and said: "The East Palace is inside the palace, and the Da'an Palace is outside the palace."

The shape of Da'an Palace is not as good as that of the East Palace.

It seems that the perception given to the Quartet in this way is insufficient.

The minister thought that the Da'an Palace should be increased and taller, and the hope of China and foreign countries should be humbled. ”

The predecessor of Da'an Palace, Hongyi Palace, was built for the King of Qin, and its shape naturally cannot be compared with the East Palace of the crown prince.

Now it has become the palace where the Emperor Taishang lives, and it is not as tall as the East Palace, which is indeed unsightly.

Ma Zhou Shuzhong said again: "The Spring and Autumn Period of the Emperor is already high, and His Majesty should watch the meal day and night." Jiucheng Palace is more than 300 miles away from Beijing, when the emperor is too high or misses His Majesty, how can His Majesty go to ask for peace? And this time the car drove westward to escape the summer, but the emperor still stayed in the summer, and the ministers thought it was inappropriate. ”

This Mr. Ma Zhou, he was not able to see the treatment that Li Shimin had suffered at the beginning.

Ma Zhou was lonely and poor in his early years, and he did not meet Huaicai, and Zhenguan came to Chang'an for three years before he joined the Chang He sect who made great contributions in the Xuanwumen incident.

Chang He Yijie Wufu, who has no academics, was drafted by Ma Zhou on his behalf.

When Li Shimin saw these performances, he greatly appreciated Ma Zhou's talent and learning, transferred him to the lower province, and soon appointed him as the superintendent of the imperial history.

At this time, since Ma Zhou was sparse, Li Shimin went to Da'an Palace and asked Li Yuan to go to Jiucheng Palace to escape the summer.

However, Jiucheng Palace was originally the Renshou Palace of the Sui Dynasty, and nearly thirty years ago, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian came here for summer vacation.

The then crown prince Yang Guang entered the palace to see His Majesty, and then Yang Jian died inexplicably.

For this matter, Li Yuan had a deep shadow in his heart, he was reluctant to go to this palace, especially with Li Shimin.

So in mid-March, Li Shimin set off for Jiucheng Palace.

Jiucheng Palace is located in Qizhou, that is, Fufeng County during the Great Cause period, and today's Linyou, Shaanxi.

Although it is only more than 300 miles away from Chang'an, the terrain on the way is undulating, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the accompanying guard of honor is grand, and it is only halfway in early April.

At this time, there was the sad news that Zhang Gongjin had passed away!

After the Xuanwumen incident, Li Shimin deliberately cultivated the old department of Tiance Mansion, with Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, and Liu Shili being the most favored by the saints, and ordered them to worship Li Yaoshi as a teacher.

Li Shimin privately valued Zhang Gongjin the most, so two and a half years ago, he made the Northern Expedition to the Turks and took him as the deputy of Pharmacist Li.

However, among the three of them, Hou Junji was the oldest, the earliest to enter the Qin Mansion, and the most meritorious in the Xuanwumen incident.

Coupled with considerations such as geography and origin, Hou Junji took the lead in entering the center.

In fact, the emperor has higher expectations for Zhang Gongjin in his heart.

At this time, Zhang Gongjin passed away suddenly, and Li Shimin was extremely sad and wept in person.

On the same day, there was a priest who said that he should not cry on the day.

Li Shimin did not accept it, and said: "The righteousness of the monarch and the minister is the same as that of father and son, and the love is heartfelt, and the customs are avoided? ”

Although the time between Li Yaoshi and Zhang Gongjin was not long, in just a few years, they not only taught each other the art of war, but also pacified the Turks, which made him deeply appreciate Zhang Gongjin.

Although Li Shimin treats Zhang Gongjin and Hou Junji equally, in the mind of Li Yaoshi, he thinks that his heart is far beyond Hou Junji's reach.

Therefore, two years ago, when talking about talents who can inherit their careers, they have already compared him with Li Shiji and Su Dingfang.

At this time, when he heard that Zhang Gongjin had passed away, Pharmacist Li was deeply saddened.

In fact, in the bottom of Pharmacist Li's heart, he also attaches great importance to Li Daozong.

However, Li Daozong is the king of the county, even if he regards Pharmacist Li as a teacher, it is inconvenient for Pharmacist Li to regard himself as a teacher.

At the same time as his monarch and ministers died of injuries, there was a shortage of drinking water during the trip.

At that time, it was originally the rainy season in spring and summer, and this year there was a drought, and the road was full of people and horses, and the drinking water supply was scarce.

In the second half of the way, although there are trees to shade the sun, it is more difficult to get water.

After arriving at Jiucheng Palace, the accompanying officials searched for water sources everywhere, and after several test digging, they finally dug out a puddle of spring under the shade of the trees in the west of the palace, in the wet place of the soil! Everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly used the stone as a threshold to build a canal to guide the water.

Li Shimin received the report and went to inspect with Empress Changsun.

But seeing this spring, it is clear as a mirror, the taste is sweet like liquor, and when the dragon face is happy, he ordered to erect a monument to remember it.

This stele is famous in the universe, for later generations to be known as "the first inscription in the world" of the "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" stele.

The Fang family in the past dynasties not only regarded it as "the first book", but also known as the "three uniques".

First, the author Wei Zheng is a rare virtuous minister through the ages; Second, Ouyang Xun, a calligrapher and ink artist, is a great calligrapher who is rare through the ages; Three uniques, the Zhenguan period is a rare rule for the ages.